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Making a Multi-threaded C# 4.0 App to Download Unique Images - sbarnesThis article covers some details and issues in making an application used with Internet Explorer to download only unique images to a chosen folder. DUIapp creates and maintains an index in the folder to include unique and exclude duplicate images selected from IE web pages.

SQL Framework - Abdul Quader MamunFramework makes application more organized and efficient way to coding. It is helpful for newly assigned developer to understand code structure within a short time. It is essential for large application.

Understanding Table Joins using SQL - sirama2004Joins are useful for bringing data together from different tables based on their database relations. First we will see how the join operates between tables. Then we will explore the Order of Execution when Join and where condition both exists. Finally we will move our exploration to the Importance o

Creating and consuming MFC DLLs for Beginners - Imran EbrahimThe objective of this tutorial is to demonstrate in a step by step manner how to build and call methods present in a DLL using Visual C++ 6.0. We are going to develop a DLL that takes in a string as input parameter and returns the string prefixed with a "Hello".

Arduino and the Web using NodeJS and SerialPort2 - Bangon KaliThis article focuses on how to listen for signals from an Arduino through the Serial Port (Linux, Mac) or COM Port for Windows using the SerialPort2 Node.JS module and serve signal data to the web in real time using Socket.IO.

Making Transparent Controls - No Flickering - Nildo Soares de AraujoThis article provides an approach to a Transparent Control that draws an ellipse with real transparent background and a brush that supports transparent colors.

Windows 8 Notifications: Local Notifications - Jim_O'NeilIn this third post of my series on notifications, I’ll start looking at each of the notification delivery mechanisms (local, scheduled, periodic, and push) in turn.

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Application Pool identity and Directory Security in IIS6 - Sebastian SolnicaIn today’s post I will describe different security settings of the application pool and the IIS6 directory. It’s not always easy to guess which permissions must be set on system folders and files in order to make the application run … Continue reading →

Beware of switch - Andrei RineaI am by no means against any of the instructions which exist in C#, including goto (wow, I said that). Each of them can have its place and its normal use in an application. However things can be abused and …Read more »